Improvement in vegetable-cutters



`To all whomt may `concern i 'at-insta,

i NioHoLAs `Kiera-ii, or SEYMOUR, INDIANA` i Lettersdgatent No. 103,057,dated Mil-y 17,1870.

i "IMPROVEMENT 1N vEGnTABLE-CUTTERS.

`The Schedule` referred to ki these-Letters Patent and making part `ofthe same` Be it known that I, NioHoLAsKirPnii, of Seymour, in the countyof Jackson and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and.. usefulImprovements in Vegetable-Cutters; iand I do hereby declare that`thefollowing is`a`full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and io the letters of referencemarked theref on, which forinapart of this specification.

Thefnature'of my invcntionconsists in the construction and generalarrangement of a. vveretable-cutter, as` will be hereinafter fully setforth.

`In order to enable others skilled' in the `art to,Y

`which my invention appertaius to make and use the same, I will nowproceed to` describe itsconstiuction and operation, referring to theannexed drawings, in

v,which- Figure l is a verticalcross-section, and

Figure 2, a. rear elevation of my machine.

A A represent two standards,`resting upon feet B 13said standardsforming the sides, or rather the ends, of tliefraine.v 1

At theii` nppei` ends the standards are connected by a cross-bar`,G, andon their front isa board, D, covering about the lower half.

In the rear portion of the standards B B are two bars, E E, runningparallel with the front D, and their upper edges at the same height assaid front.

In snit-able.joiiiiiai-boxes, yin the center of the rear `or outell barE and in the front D, is placed a shaft,

G, th inner one of the `bars E being Vcut ont or notched/for the `shaftto pass through.

On the shaft G, a suitable distance in rear of t-lie `front D, ismounted a disk or wheel, H, provided on its front face with a series ofbeveled recesses, radiating from the center at equal distances apart.

In these recesses are slots or openings, ruiming from near the center tonear the periphery of the wheel, and in said recesses are secured knivesoi cut-ters I I, the sharp edges of lwhich are directly over the slots.or openings.

Through the portions left of the disk or wheel, near the centerV andnear the periphery, at the ends of the slots mentioned, are, from therear, passed set-screws a a, which bear against the under sides of theknivesl I I, near their sharp edges.

By means of these set-screws the knives canbe set `so that their sharpedges will project more or less rIhe shaft G, with the wheel H, obtainsits necesv sary rotary motion through a shaft, J, placed in suitablejouriial-hoxesiu the bars E E, and turned by a. crank, K. i

On this shaft, between the bars E E, is mounted a cog-wheel, L, whichgears with a` pinion, M, on the shaft G. l

On the front side, at the upper edge of .the board D, 4is secureda"feedtable or apron, N, which can read-` ily'be pnt on and taken oii`by the means shownV iii fic.' 1. v

aThe rear side above the upper edge of the front I) is closed by nieansof aboard, O, which` moves in grooves in t-lie end pieces or standards AA.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I elainias new, and desire to secure by Letters Iateiit, is-

The combination and arrangement of the frame A i B C D, bai's E E, shaftG, wheel H with knives I I,

Witnesses:

IsAAo KILING, ADoLPH W. HILPP.

